[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57880-57881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19881]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30 Day-05-04KD]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 371-5983 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Tremolite Asbestos Registry--NEW--The Agency for Toxic Substances 
and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
    Background and Brief Description: The Agency for Toxic Substances 
and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is mandated pursuant to the 1980 
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act 
(CERCLA) and its 1986 Amendments, the Superfund Amendments and Re-
authorization Act (SARA), to establish and maintain a national registry 
of persons who have been exposed to hazardous substances in the 
environment and a national registry of persons with illnesses or health 
problems resulting from such exposure. In 1988, ATSDR created the 
National Exposure Registry (NER) as a result of this legislation in an 
effort to provide scientific information about potential adverse health 
effects people develop as a result of low-level, long-term exposure to 
hazardous substances.
    The NER is a program which collects, maintains, and analyzes 
information obtained from participants (called registrants) whose 
exposure to selected toxic substances at specific geographic areas in 
the United States has been documented. Relevant health data and 
demographic information are also included in the NER databases. The NER 
databases furnish the information needed to generate appropriate and 
valid hypotheses for future activities such as epidemiologic studies. 
The NER also serves as a mechanism for longitudinal health 
investigations that follow registrants over time to ascertain adverse 
health effects and latency periods.
    The Tremolite Asbestos Registry (TAR) is currently authorized as 
part of the National Exposure Registry (OMB 0923-0006, 
expiration 10/31/05). ATSDR is seeking a separate approval for the TAR 
activities. The purpose of the TAR will be to improve communication 
with people at risk for developing asbestos-related disease resulting 
from asbestos exposure in Libby, Montana, and to support research 
activities related to TAR registrants.
    The TAR is currently composed of information about former 
vermiculite workers, the people that lived with them during their 
tenure as vermiculite workers (i.e., the workers and their household 
contacts), and people who participated in or are eligible to 
participate in the ATSDR medical testing program in Libby, Montana.
    ATSDR will take a phased approach to creating the TAR. Phase I, 
which is currently nearing completion, involved identifying, locating, 
and contacting former workers and their household members. Phase II 
will combine the data from Phase I and the data collected during the 
medical testing program to create a single database. Phase III will 
involve re-contacting registrants to update their information. There is 
no cost to registrants other than their time. The total estimated 
annual burden hours are 680.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                    Avg. burden
                              Forms                                  Number of    Responses  per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)
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Baseline TAR....................................................             667               1           30/60

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Follow-up.......................................................             833               1           25/60
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    Dated: September 28, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-19881 Filed 10-3-05; 8:45 am]
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